Wouldn't wish this place on my worst enemy - Associate RSM Employee Review

1.0
Aug 7, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

If you're desperate for a job out of college they will hire you. There is always room for more drones willing to make minimum wage copying and pasting Excel sheets. That's honesty the only pro there is.

Cons

Literally everything. Like many others, I got sold on the broken promises of better "work/life balance" compared to Big 4. But having worked at both, can confirm that RSM is no different. 70+ hour work weeks, travel every other day to the most random places on earth, and below minimum wage salary. Say goodbye to your mental/physical health and any form of social life. The only major difference is that you will actually make even LESS money to work here, for a smaller name on your resume, making things harder when you're inevitably ready to leave in a year (if you can even survive that long). If you're a recent college grad entering the world of public accounting because you have no other choice, just take the higher pay and better name on your resume at a Big 4. Do not believe the lies about better "culture" at a smaller firm. I've been gone from this place for over 2 years and still have nightmares.

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Cons

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Pros

- As assurance associate that came over from another public accounting firm, some pros are the ability to work with several different teams. - Hybrid, 2-4 days in office - Learn from senior associates - At my last acct firm never did inventory observations, so got the chance to see what that was like here at RSM

Cons

- Some seniors associates aren’t able to explain or teach which plays a part in your development as a first year associate or intern. I feel first year, intern should be able to leave feedback on senior associates. As if I’m having trouble with a senior who am I supposed to go, due to the hierarchy system they have implemented at RSM. - Can be Clicky & your colleagues will be friends in your face and talk behind you behind your back, I’ve seen it happen to others so I’m pretty sure it happened to me. Houston office can be toxic - Hierarchy system, leave people thinking with senior job titles that they are above you and you can be treated like sh*t - Favortism, you don’t have an equal chance here, because every first year is not put in the same position to succeed. Some first years are able to work closely with partners and the same colleagues but different clients which is where they can have the opportunity to build great relationships while some have to bounce from senior to senior having to learn for each client and adapt to how the senior wants the job done which in turn doesn’t help build relationships. As one can senior want something done such as accounts payable one way then you get to another client and the senior wants accounts payable done another way which makes you look bad in their eyes. Which doesn’t set you up for success at all and can overall lead to a layoff.

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